574 ORCHIDES. 



CATASETUM 



31. CATASETUM LONGIFOLIUM Lindl. Bot. Weg. XXV. 1839. Misc. 154: 



Foliis longis.^imis gramineis, racemo cylindraceo pendulo mullifloro, 

 sepalis ovatis subrolundis petalorum conformium dorso applicitis, la- 

 bello urceolari a tergo incurvo limbo truncato apiculalo intus cereaceo 

 glabro margine fimbriato. 



Demerara. Henry Gloster. It is known ns ,,lhe long- leaveii Cutasetum. wliich never 

 flowers." It hns liowever at last yelded to the g#od manogcment of Valeatine Morris 

 Esq. of ihe Retreat, Batlersea, where it has produced its blossoms abundantly. The 

 llowers are bright orange, a little bordered wilh violet, and appear in a drooping ra- 

 ceme, over which they are closely packed for ihe lengih of a foot or iiiore; they are 

 extremeiy beauiiful and ihe species is beyond all comparison ihe handsomest of 

 the genus. 



Lindl. Sert. tab. 31: ,,In the Camuni Creek, a iributary of ihe river Demerara; 

 aflerwards frequentiy at the low and marshy ground of the rivers Wironi and Wicki, 

 tributaries of the river Berbice. where ihe Mauritia Paim is so numerous, ihat ii oc- 

 cupies Inrge tracts exciusively. 6—8' ieaves. Marusi call it Massamug Warraus Ohi- 

 iryon." Schomburgk.— Leaves week, Sribbed, grassy, hang down from the Palms.' Ra- 

 ceme 1' foot iong , frx)m the base of the pseudobulbs , 20—30 flowered. Sepals and 

 peials shaped and coloured alike ; roundish , lapering at ihe poirit, where Ihcy are 

 siaineii wilh purple, otherwise green. Sepals twisied in such a manner, as to be pla- 

 ccd e.\aclly al the back of the petals. Laljellura vory lleshy, cupshaped , rnllier bng- 

 shaped, curved bnckwards at its end, tirm , fleshy. about 1" dinm. at ihe briiu, deep 

 orange running into crimson at the edge, a lillie rugged on the outside, smooih and 

 waxy in the inside. Column very short, sliglhly extended in front into two sliort 

 horns but destitute of cirrhi ; at ihe back it terminates in a rounded manner at the 

 iine of origin of the anther. Huc : B. M. 3819. 



32 CATASETUM DISCOLOR LindL B. Reg. XXX. 1841 pg. 34 : 



Racemo laxo multifloro, labelio liemisphaerico marginibus planis 

 medio fimbriatis. 



Flowers in a loose erect raceme, dull palc purpie, with ihe inside of the lip 

 ycllow. ^^onachantlins discolor Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1735. Monaclianlhus discolor ^. rt-.; 

 ridiflorns Ilook. Boi. Mag. 3601. Idem Y- Bushnani Hook. I. c. fig. A. M. Bushnani 

 Hook. B. M. 3832. — Monaclumthus jimhrialus Gardn. B. M. 3708: labello longissime 

 flmbriato inlus pubescente. — Dry sandy hnnks benoaih ihe shade and somelow shrubs, 

 beyond ihe viliage of Apipucas, about iwo miles from Pernambuco, 



33. CATASETUM ROSEOALBUM Hook. B. M. t. 3796. {Monuchanthus roscoalbus : it might 

 witli greater propriety be caiied Catasetum sect. Monachanthus) : 

 Labello triangulari acutissimo concavo hemisphaerico (non ventricoso) 

 intus pubescente margine basi longissime ciliato. Para. 



Ohs. A cl. Lindley in B. Reg. XXX. i, c. sub C. discolori citatur. Retinui ob va- 

 riani labclli basin et maxime ob tepaia serrulata. Rchb. fll. 



Jl. CATASETUM WARSCEWICZII Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. L 45. n. 74. c. Xyl. 29. Cf. Walp. 

 III. 545. As a spccies it is perfeclly dislinct from ali others. The flowers, wiiich 

 grow in close pendulous racemes, consist of roundish ovaie sepals and peials, and a 

 helmelted lip , which sjircads in two diverging fringed halves. They are pale greeii 

 willi bright emerald green veins and though not gaudy, are cxlremeiy peity. Fragiant. 



35. C.VrASETUM FULIGINOSUM Lindl. Bot. Rcg. XXVII. 1841. Misc. 168: 



C. tridentali vultu, scpalis pelalisque oblongis aculis reflexis, labello 

 cucullalo carnoso intpgerrimo vel minute serrulato patente, columna 

 brevi ecirrhosa apice in selam producta, anthera parva (effoela?). 



